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(No Model.)

0. GOETZ.

I EGG CARRIER. No. 605,418. Patented June 7, 1898.

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EGG-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,418, dated June '7, 1898. Application filed July 6, 1896. fi erial No. 598,275. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES Gonrz, of Viola, in the county of Latah and State of. Idaho, have made a new and useful Improvement in Egg-Carriers, of which the following is a full and exact specification.

My invention is an improvement in meansfor supporting baskets or other receptacles containing eggs or other articles liable to be broken or injured when being transported over rough roads and the construction of the same is as hereinafter described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

The invention is embodied in a base A, a series of vertical posts B, springs G, which encircle the posts, and a platform D, which is adapted to slide on the posts and to be supported by the aforesaid springs and has also a large central opening to adapt it for reception and support of a basket or other receptacle containing eggs or other articles requiring to be transported.

The details of construction and operation are as follows:

The base A is constructed of two bars, which are arranged at right angles to each other and firmly connected at the center, where they intersect. A vertical post B is set in each barA near each end and encircled by coiled steel spring 0, which extends upward about two thirds the length of said post. There are thus four posts, arranged vertically and equidistantly. A wooden plate or platform D is supported and guided by the aforesaid springs and posts, the same having four equidistant holes, which are of such size as to adapt them to receive the posts. The platform is thus adapted to slide vertically on the posts according as the springs yield to the superimposed weight. In order to allow such vertical movement of the platform D to the extent that may be practically required, the upper portions of the'posts project above it, as shown. The large central aperture in the platform D is made of such size as adapts it to receive a basket of such dimensions as may be in use in the particular locality where the eggcarrier is employed. The basket containing the eggs is in practice placed in such opening and projects about half its length below the same, asshown by dotted lines, Fig. 1, and is thus supported at such distance from the base A that it isnot liable to come in contact with the same as the platform oscillates vertically in consequence of jolts received by the carrier in passing over rough roads. In case the basket employed for carrying eggs or other articles should not be of a form which adapts it to be thus supported in the platform D, it may be secured therein by any preferred means. It is also obvious that it might be set on the platform and would in that case be held in place by the portions of the posts B projecting above the same. It is further apparent that a basket or other receptacle might be suspended from the platform D in other ways.

In order to cushion the base A and thus still further lessen the effect of violent shocks on the carrier as a whole, I provide the ends of the bars A with elastic feet or blocks a, as shown.

My improved egg carrier thus constructed is light, strong, and adapted to be easily handled,'and also occupies small space, whereby it is adapted to be conveniently placed and usedin farmers wagons, carts, or other means of transportation usually employed.

' What I claim is The improved egg-carrier composed of the cruciform base, four vertical posts set in the end'portions thereof, coiledsprings encircling the posts, the horizontal platform, having holes for reception of said posts, and provided with a large central opening for reception and support of an egg-basket, the upper portions of the posts projectinga considerable distance above the platform, as and for the purpose described. v CHARLES GOETZ. I Witnesses:

D. W. HANNAH, F. E. CORNWALL. 

